Gak

Re: Remeber Geocities...

Despite abandoning it years ago, I found my old Geocities now being hosted at oocities.com so they may not be all gone.

As for this story, this is such a non-event story. The files told me that they had found a couple of thousand people who had the same name as me, and didn't find the link to my url. And so what if they did, it's not as if it's not available from Google anyway.

Hope Datel win

Back from the dead

What about people who are reported as dead, who then have their email account hacked. They email FB saying, "but I'm not dead". FB reopens their account and the grieving relatives then get asked if they want to join their Mafia and get a penis enhancement from the dead, etc.

Don't get me wrong.. I think this is a nice idea. But yes, I could see how this could be a nightmare to administer.

Brain training

Results could be swayed if the test subjects were playing brain training games as at least one of them includes the say the colour of the word, not the word itself, type tests as part of it's gameplay.

Q Continuum

Exempt form

Can't they just sign a form saying that whatever the government/ofsted are protecting them from with this law, that they take the risks of leaving their kids with those other people in their own hands?

@Jerome 0

Where would you stop?

Not surprised FB don't seem to be bothered. I mean where would this end? Anyone can set up a group about anyone, celeb or otherwise, and say 'I hate such and such' or 'I love such and such' - In fact for every I love one, there is usually an I hate one. There are loads already out there and if every person decided to sue FB over it... well it's just a fail to even consider that to start with.

Ridiculous

Sorry, but as some have pointed out, this is ridiculous.

1. At one point, round my neck of the woods, police travelled on a bus route because of abuse and vandalism - in fact, I think they changed the bus route altogether in the end. So buses are quite notorious for trouble and thieves looking for a good place to pick up some valuable tech might start using the buses more - joy.

2. Never mind being fed up of the headphones next to you, what about the laptop digging into your seat space as well.

3. @Lionel Baden, imagine how many sick people could UPLOAD child pornography from the (dis)comfort of their bus seat?

4. What about privacy? At least on a train, you might not have someone peering over you but it would be harder to get privacy on a bus.

5. if the reception is as good as the time keeping of buses round here during rush hours, you can forget it.

Trespass in garden analogy - law is on criminal's side

Well the law is on the criminal's side in the UK. If a would-be/caught robber injures themselves as a result of a flowerpot in the wrong place or something, they would attempt to sue the home owner and probably succeed, due to the ridiculous of the law in this country.

Therefore if they used your network and their password was ripped or device got infected, etc, causing damages, costs, etc, they will probably end up being able to sue the home owner again.

However laws on this work out, the innocent law abiding users will end up in some big news story about being unfairly treated, at least in the UK. In the states, they will probably just be able to shoot someone in self defence if they detect them using their network. :)

@Ian Johnston

My Amiga...

...lives on, on my PC these days. I transferred the whole hard drive and loads of disks across years ago using a null modem cable - took some time, but it was worth it. Glad they are still working on these things.

Cordless phones?

At home my mobile links into a wifi network and i can chat to any of my friends using any number of internet chat programs, via text or voice using an app on the phone. If I want to send a picture, etc, and I can't be bothered to go to my PC, I could still use the wifi on the mobile. Should I want to go as far as the garden to chat to them, I can use the cordless land line phone. Seems little point in paying for this facility to me.